Film review: PUSSY RIOT – A PUNK PRAYER, from Built For Speed

In February 2012, at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, various members of the balaclava-wearing Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot attempted to perform a song protesting the close relationship between the Russian Orthodox church and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The three main members of the group were quickly bundled out of the church and charged with “hooliganism motivated by

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THE PURPLE HAZE ARCHIVE presents NICK LAIRD-CLOWES of THE DREAM ACADEMY on PODCAST

One of the most loved songs of the 1980s was the Dream Academy’s “Life in a Northern Town“. Join Nick Laird-Clowes, the lead singer of the Dream Academy, as he discusses his long & successful career commencing with early bands Alfalpha (mentored by Marc Bolan) & The Act & his work as Trashmonk & also his very successful work as a film composer. Nick Laird-Clowes latest film is the UK #1 film, “About

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Victoria Maidens this week on the Vibe 13th October

This week on  “The Vibe” Justin and Lana will have a couple of the Ladies from Victoria’s inaugural LFL  team, the Victoria Maidens. The LFL (Legends Football League) is a form of  Women’s Gridiron that has been around in the USA for a few years now and is continually expanding into other countries. We will be finding out what it is

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RADIO GA GA GOES TO HEAVEN

Radio Ga Ga  – theme for this week is “HEAVEN”. Songs about heaven such as….and this is just a snippet……Heaven – Psychedelic Furs, Slice of Heaven – Dave Dobbyn, Heaven Tonight – Hole, Good Girls go to Heaven – Cheap Trick , To be with you in Heaven – Scorpions, Heaven – Talking Heads, Heaven is a Place on Earth – Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Can Wait –

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Film review: GRAVITY, from Built For Speed

There are a handful of science fiction films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris and Alien that have such visual beauty and intelligence that they traverse the science fiction genre to become zeitgeist-defining events and major cinematic works of art. Alfonso Cuaron’s latest film Gravity is almost one of those movies. It is undoubtedly a technical triumph but just

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Film review: BECOMING TRAVIATA, from Built For Speed

Becoming Traviata documents the exhaustive rehearsals prior to the performance of Verdi’s opera La Traviata at the International Festival of Lyric Art in France’s Aix-en-Provence in 2011. La Traviata, which was composed in 1853, tells the story of the doomed romance between the terminally ill courtesan Violetta and the young bourgeois lad Alfredo.  Traditionally, the opera is set in the

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